2019 IHF North American and Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship

1st Men’s North American and Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Dates	8–14 April
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Dominican Republic
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Matches	30
Goals scored	1,821 (61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; (43 goals)

The 2019 IHF North American and Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship was the first edition of the held in the Dominican Republic under the aegis of International Handball Federation. The tournament was held in Santo Domingo from 8 to 14 April 2019.^[1] The winner qualified for the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship held in Georgia from June 8 to 16 2019.^[2]

A total of 12 countries participate in the tournament.

Venues[]

All games are played at the in Santo Domingo.

Participating teams[]

Country

Canada
Cuba

Dominican Republic

Mexico

Puerto Rico


United States

Draw[]

The draw was held on 25 March 2019.^[3]^[4]

Seeding[]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Canada Dominican Republic Mexico United States	Cuba Puerto Rico

Draw Procedure[]

1. Teams in pot 3 are drawn to groups A to D in row 3.

2. Teams in pot 2 are drawn to groups A to D in row 2.

3. Organizer ( Dominican Republic) has the prerogative to assign itself to a group of its choice in row 1.

4. The remaining teams in pot 1 are drawn to groups A to D in row 1.

Result[]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Canada Puerto Rico	Mexico	Dominican Republic	United States Cuba

Referees[]

The following referees were appointed for the championship:

Referees
Argentina	Santiago Correa Agustin Conberse
Canada	Jeremy Deschamps Charles Mainville
Cuba	Raymel Reyes Alexys Zuñiga
Cuba	Irennys Céspedes Dailin Caatellanos
Dominican Republic	Luis Lauri De Jesus Yeison Manuel Agramonte

Referees
Mexico	José María Rodríguez Ismael Fonseca
Mexico	Omar Osalde Juan Cobá
Uruguay	Germán Araujo Nicolás Perdomo
United States	Christoph Kraemer Thorben Lorenz

Preliminary Round[]

All times are local (UTC–4).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	2	2	0	77	40	+37	4	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	2	1	1	69	41	+28	2	Quarterfinals
3		2	0	2	34	99	−65	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

8 April 2019 14:00		14–48	Canada	, Santo Domingo Referees: Kraemer, Lorenz (USA)
	5	(8–26)	8
	2× 4×	Report	1×

9 April 2019 14:00	Puerto Rico	51–19		, Santo Domingo Referees: Caatellanos, Céspedes (CUB)
	8	(28–11)	7
	2× 1×	Report	5×

10 April 2019 16:00	Canada	21–26	Puerto Rico	, Santo Domingo Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	, 4	(9–14)	11
	1× 5× 1×	Report	2× 7×

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		2	2	0	82	35	+47	4	Quarterfinals
2	Mexico	2	1	1	70	38	+32	2	Quarterfinals
3		2	0	2	20	99	−79	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

8 April 2019 16:00		11–44	Mexico	, Santo Domingo Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	4	(3–20)	10
	1× 4×	Report	1×

9 April 2019 16:00		55–9		, Santo Domingo Referees: Mainville, Deschamps (CAN)
	9	(26–6)	, 3
	1× 6×	Report	9× 1×

10 April 2019 14:00	Mexico	26–27		, Santo Domingo Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	10	(14–13)	8
	3×	Report	2× 3×

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	2	2	0	112	19	+93	4	Quarterfinals
2		2	1	1	47	89	−42	2	Quarterfinals
3		2	0	2	40	91	−51	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

8 April 2019 20:00		8–55	Dominican Republic	, Santo Domingo Referees: Cobá, Osalde (MEX)
	4	(4–27)	three players 8
	13× 1×	Report	1× 2×

9 April 2019 18:00		36–32		, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	14	(19–11)	9
	3×	Report	1× 3×

10 April 2019 20:00	Dominican Republic	57–16		, Santo Domingo Referees: Kraemer, Lorenz (USA)
	three players 9	(27–11)	5
	1× 2×	Report	7×

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	94	35	+59	4	Quarterfinals
2	Cuba	2	1	1	68	33	+35	2	Quarterfinals
3		2	0	2	19	113	−94	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

8 April 2019 18:00		12–68	United States	, Santo Domingo Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	, 5	(3–37)	12
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

9 April 2019 20:00	Cuba	45–7		, Santo Domingo Referees: Fonseca, Rodríguez (MEX)
	, 7	(23–4)	, 2
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

10 April 2019 18:00	United States	26–23	Cuba	, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Hines, 7	(13–10)	7
	3× 2×	Report	1× 8× 1×

Final Round[]

9th–12th place[]

Pos	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	3	3	0	92	75	+17	6
2	3	2	1	94	70	+24	4
3	3	1	2	91	90	+1	2
4	3	0	3	79	121	−42	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

11 April 2019 10:00		31–28		, Santo Domingo Referees: Fonseca, Rodríguez (MEX)
	11	(16–13)	12
	1× 9× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

11 April 2019 12:00		44–23		, Santo Domingo Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	14	(21–15)	8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 6× 1×

13 April 2019 10:00		30–39		, Santo Domingo Referees: Caatellanos, Céspedes (CUB)
	8	(16–21)	11
	2× 2× 1×	Report	1× 4×

13 April 2019 12:00		25–33		, Santo Domingo Referees: Fonseca, Rodríguez (MEX)
		(12–19)
	2× 11× 2×	Report	10×

14 April 2019 10:00		22–17		, Santo Domingo Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
		(9–4)
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1× 1×

14 April 2019 12:00	38–26	, Santo Domingo Referees: Mainville, Deschamps (CAN)
	Report

Championship bracket[]

Fifth place (14 April)			5–8th place semifinals (13 April)				Quarterfinals (11 April)				Semifinals (13 April)				Final (14 April)

								Puerto Rico	41
									19
					17							Puerto Rico	23
					48							Cuba	27
									16
								Cuba	32
		26														Cuba	37
	Mexico	27														United States	36
								Canada	16
								Dominican Republic	28
				Canada	23							Dominican Republic	39
Seventh place (14 April)					Mexico	27							United States	41			Third place (14 April)
		16						Mexico	25							Puerto Rico	39
	Canada	56							United States	35								Dominican Republic	40

Quarterfinals[]

11 April 2019 14:00	Puerto Rico	41–19		, Santo Domingo Referees: Deschamps, Mainville (CAN)
	, 10	(23–7)	5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 7×

11 April 2019 16:00		16–32	Cuba	, Santo Domingo Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	7	(8–16)	9
	1× 5× 1×	Report	8× 1×

11 April 2019 18:00	Canada	16–28	Dominican Republic	, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	7	(3–14)	6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

11 April 2019 20:00	Mexico	25–35	United States	, Santo Domingo Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	6	(7–14)	6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 7×

5–8th place semifinals[]

13 April 2019 14:00		17–48		, Santo Domingo Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
		(8–25)
	1× 4× 2×	Report	1× 3× 1×

13 April 2019 16:00	Canada	23–27	Mexico	, Santo Domingo Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	5	(11–13)	6
	4×	Report	1× 2×

Semifinals[]

13 April 2019 18:00	Puerto Rico	23–27	Cuba	, Santo Domingo Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	8	(8–18)	6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 9× 1×

13 April 2019 20:00	Dominican Republic	39-41 (ET)	United States	, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	12	(16–14)	Hines 17
	1× 4× 1×	Report	4×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 5–5, 5–7

Seventh place game[]

14 April 2019 14:00		16–56	Canada	, Santo Domingo Referees: Kraemer, Lorenz (USA)
	6	(9–32)	14
	1× 6×	Report

Fifth place game[]

14 April 2019 16:00		26–27	Mexico	, Santo Domingo Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	8	(10–15)	8
	2×	Report	4×

Third place game[]

14 April 2019 18:00	Puerto Rico	39–40 (ET)	Dominican Republic	, Santo Domingo Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	11	(13–15)	10
	2× 2×	Report	2× 6×
	FT: 31–31 ET: 5–5, 3–4

Final[]

14 April 2019 20:00	Cuba	37–36 (ET)	United States	, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	, 12	(21–17)	Hines 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 2×
	FT: 33–33 ET: 4–3